25 January 2010 Europe

LONGER UK FRANCHISES

If elected, the British Conservative Party says, it will extend rail franchises to 15-20 years to encourage private operators to upgrade stations and purchase new fleets. Shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers was quoted saying: "We will introduce longer, more flexible franchises to incentivise

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